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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.14.78 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry |
| Title | Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth telling her that he visited a friend and his wife who cooks for the army stationed nearby and that this was the first time he had sat with a woman since he left for the war. Also writes about Southern attitudes towards arming slaves |
| Date | 13 December 1864 |
| Author | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his sister. Damuth has visited a friend from home stationed nearby. The friend is married to a girl who cooks for the army. Of the visit, Damuth writes, "that day was the first time I had sat down to a table with a woman since I ate dinner at home the day I left fer the last time I hardly knew how to act or handle my knife and fork." Writes that he has news of Southerners fighting amongst themselves about states rights. Though Southerners are now trying to arm their own slaves, Damuth considers this a problem "when Slavery was declared to be the chief corner Stone of the confederacy." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Women's History Entertaining and Hospitality Politics Confederate States of America Government and Civics Slavery African American History African American Troops |
| People | Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Damuth, Maria (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family; African Americans; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Sister |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company |